MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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